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FAMOUS JEFFERSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
CHARLES TOWN, W. VA.
It was in this court house on December 2, 1869 that
John Brown was sentenced to be hanged for his treason-
ous raid on the Engine House of Harper's Ferry 8 miles
distant. Jefferson County was named for Thomas Jeffer-
son and was formed from Berkeley County In 1801.
In early colonial times, Jefferson County was part of a
vast territory which spread North East from the
Williamsburg seat of government in Virginia,
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